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What does exception mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word exception? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
  2. That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included
  3. (law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
  4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
  5. (computing) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be handled by another part of the program.
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The Northern Ireland Labor Party, bisectarian and from 1945 committed to partition, has been an exception to the opposition's typical character.
Autarchoglossan families, if anything, have shifted away from ants and tend, with one exception, to eat fairly large prey.
The exception appears in the book's middle, where a different sort of text is accompanied by rough crayonings of a couple making love.
The syncytial nature of the Siphonales was not revealed until 1879. The existence of syncytia constitutes an exception to the cell-theory.
There's nothing I can't deem binge-worthy if I stare at it long enough, but even I would make an exception for those cookies.
Overall, maximum levels of alternariol were higher than those reported in the literature with the exception of sunflower.

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